10 Most Unreliable Video Game Companions Ever
5. Silent Hill 2 - Maria
When it comes to survival horror, it's usually hard enough trying to keep the protagonist from meeting a terrible fate, let alone anyone else.
If they can handle themselves then more's the better, but as this list demonstrates, it's usually not the case.
James Sunderland is already having a right time of it in Silent Hill already. Y'know, what with the whole "Letter from dead wife, geometric-headed relentless fiend in pursuit" schtick going on. What he doesn't need is a survivor with a death wish bigger than James' guilt complex (that'll make sense if you've finished it).
Escort missions are a burden most of the time anyway, but this one goes the extra mile. Should Maria take took much damage from either James or the manifestations that the titular town has conjured up, it can and will affect an ending.
Which wouldn't be so bad if Maria didn't have an obnoxious habit of getting right in the way of James' flailing about in a fight.
In a game like this with such sticky combat, it can be an extra contrivance to keep an eye on her.